Fishing-gig.



L. c. PERRY.

FISHING GIG, APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 30,1908.

Patentd'June 1,1909.

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LESSLIE C. PERRY, OF HAYNES. ARKANSAS.

FISHING-GIG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESSLIE O. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haynes,in the county of Lee and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful I rovementsqin Fishing-Gigs, of which the allowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of fishing and trap ing, and especially to fishing gigls embodie in said class.

he object of the invention is to provide in afishing ig a spear o'r harpoon of such novel aving two or more spears or harpoons projecting therefrom, and each being ivoted eccentric to a movable or slidable lcrum for each' plate, so that the spears may be given lengthwise movement on their pivots.

,In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application :Figure 1 is a plan 'view showing the gig readyto be cast for fishing. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the pivot movement of the plates. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of one of the spear-plates. ig. 4 is a side elevation of the pivot portion of the gig-rod. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modification.

The same reference numerals denote'the same parts throughout the several views-of the drawings.

The gig-rod 1. has a head 2 provided with a slot 3. A fishing rope or cord 5 is attached to tho-head 2 between the slot 3 and the pivot .the lateis wedged-s 5 rplreferably adjacent the latter.

e gig-plates 6-being of the same shape and construction only one of .them will e hereinafter described in detail. It has a lug or pintle 7 on its inner edge adapted-to work in the: slot 3 to limit the movement of the plates; said edge is inclined or curved from the vpintlelto the rear end'of the plate 6, and the front edge of the late-is stralght, so that l ia ed. At the rear end of t e plate 6 is formed an arm 8 rojecting at right-angles from the inner e ge of the plate and provided with an ear 9, working on one of the pivots 5". The gig-head 2', arm 8, and beveled plate edge forms a V-shaped Patent is:

opening 10: The front end of the plate 6 has one or more arrow-head spears or harpoons 11, preferably two, one projecting from the plate flush with the beveled edge and the other projecting from the plate flush with the Outer edge. These spears are parallel witheach other and the inner spears have a double arrow head 12 and the outer spears a single arrow head 13. The pivot mounting of the spear-plates and the point of atte chment of the cord to the od-head are such as to ermm the rod-head and spears to be worked by the cord so that a pull of the cord will move the head the extent of the slot and thereby avoid a sudden pull or jerk of the spearplates in withdrawing the device from the water with a fish thereon. The V-shaped o ening lends to the advantage of the gig in t at itperinits the gig to .be raised, lowered and drawn through the usual water Without resistance of the latter.

Referring to' the modification shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, thegig-plates 14 are secured to the gig-head 15, at one end thereof by a bolt or rivet 16, and the plates have a bowed stem 17 secured to the other'end of the gig-head by a bolt or rivet 18', thus making the plates rigid with the gig-head.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1. In a fishing gig, the combination with a gig-rod havinga suitable head provided with apertures, of a pair of gig plates connected with the head at said apertures, parallel arrow-head prongs rojecting from each of said plates beyond t e r d-head, and a suitable rope or cord attached to the rod-head between said apertures.

2. In a fishing gig, the combination with a gig rod having a suitable head, of a pair of gig plates each having a pivot connection with the head to permit a swinging and sliding movement of the plates, means to limit the movement of the plates, arrow-head spears projecting from the lates forward of said rod-head, and a suite. le ro e or cordattached to the head between sai pivot connections and the limiting means.

.In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

.d I LESSLIE C. PERRY.

Witnesses: I I

A. B. OoFFEY, (JAY HAwKINs. 

